Thursday, 20 October 2016

Please just get on with it!

Having had a brief moment of optimism about Calais, I’m back in the slough of despond again.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/10/300-children-from-calais-camp-good-result-amber-rudd

Please, Home Secretary, just get on with it. Just get on with it and take ALL the children from Calais who have been identified as having a legal right to be in the United Kingdom. It is as simple as that – no quotas to appease the right wing tabloid press, just get on with it.

I can only agree with the spokesperson for French Interior Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, who is quoted by the Guardian as saying: “We cannot imagine the UK, with its traditions of human rights, will refuse to admit unaccompanied minors into the UK. The main objective is to ensure that these minors have a better life in the UK where they have family or friends living in the country.”